Megacephalini is a tribe of big-headed tiger beetles in the family

Cicindelidae Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, ''Rivacindela hudsoni'', can run at a speed of , or about 125 body lengths per second. ...

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These genera belong definitively to the tribe Megacephalini, as they are groups often placed within the type genus ''Megacephala'' itself: * '' Grammognatha'' Motschulsky, 1850 * '' Megacephala'' Latreille, 1802 * '' Metriocheila'' Thomson, 1857 * '' Phaeoxantha'' Chaudoir, 1850 * '' Pseudotetracha'' Fleutiaux, 1894 * ''

Tetracha ''Tetracha'' is a genus of metallic tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, formerly treated as a subgenus within the genus '' Megacephala''. ''Tetracha'' species are exclusively New World in distribution, while ''Megacephala'' are exclusively ...

'' Hope, 1838 (metallic tiger beetles) These genera are of less certain placement or status: * ''

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'' Hope, 1838 (probable synonym of ''Tetracha'') * '' Callidema'' Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (unrelated to other megacephalines)Análise cladística da tribo Megacephalini Laporte, 1834 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae)
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Cheiloxya ''Cheiloxya'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, ''Rivacindela hudsoni ...

'' Guerin-Meneville, 1855 (genetically unrelated to other megacephalines) * †'' Cretotetracha'' Zhao et al., 2019 (fossil taxon of uncertain affinity) * '' Oxycheila'' Dejean, 1825 (genetically unrelated to other megacephalines) * †''

Oxycheilopsis ''Oxycheilopsis'' is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing only one known species, ''Oxycheilopsis cretacicus'' . It is known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Santana Formation of Brazil.F. Cassola and K. Werner. 200 ...

'' Cassola & Werner, 2004 (fossil taxon of uncertain affinity) * '' Pseudoxycheila'' Guerin-Meneville, 1839 (genetically unrelated to other megacephalines)

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